Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-02-24
WORK OF rnF COMMITTEES.
JUDICIARY.

JUDICIARY.
The committee listened to the .r,,o.,,,
OF the carriage manufacturers in rao.rd -
convict labor at the State Prison. The fol.
loving spoke: j. +. Hall, Rockland. Z.n..
ana FREQ thompson, Jr., Portland. r Sin.
mons OF Wingate, Simmons & Co. Un;on.
WE Wilton, B. N Thomas. 8 uuh
bard: Z. W Ring. Nj. J. Madden, Josenb Mo-.
rili, Daniel Gould. Bangor; w. H Davis. Ella.
T Tor'h; hiram CLARK, Augusta. Mr. Una.
~: thompson offered the following suggestions !:
Ana. me Idea OF making money regardless of
Outside business, be dispensed with: that the
nan u'ac'ufes De distributed az widely a. DOS
oio'e 'hat special inducements be offered to
no one party in disposing OF the goods: that
there be uniform prices as comnared x;,h
outside manufactures; that the Goods no
branded manufactured by the Maine State
Irson that greater diversity of trades be
pursued; that no convict serving a life sem
tence shall be employed at mechanical labor.
thai as far as possible, supplies for State in
situations shall be made at the prison thar
farm should be purchased and conv,cts be
employed upon 1t; that the manufacture of
the coarser grades Of boots and shoes could
De Drought about; that whips be manufact-
urea; that the whole product of the harness
department be wholesaled: that fshermen's
CORES could be manufactured to quite an ex.
tent; that email anchors, chains. bolt. etc.
couin De manufactured for ships, and brooms.
barrels and kegs: that the number of con.
Vlcts employed in any one Industry be re.
| suicted 10 certain per cent of the whole
| hunoer according to the number of industries
pursued; that prices be fixed according to
qoalty as compared with goods of the same
KIND outelde the prisoe Mr.. Fred Thomp-
son gave list of trades followed in other
prisons.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS
voted ought to pass, resolve appropriating
Szo'oOo TOR pensions: ought to pass, to reduce
the valuation of Eastport to $3.50. 900 by
reason OF the loss by fire. to authorize the
otate treasurer to receive in trust 500, 900
Tor the Maine State College of Agriculture
ana S5o,0 at per cent. after three years
RAILROADS.
| Voted, legislation inexpedient, railroad from
Skowhegan to Norradgewock; to refer to the
next legislature petition of the Maine Shore
line for permission to maintain line of steam.
ers sought to pass, that every railroad company
running express trains in this State shall
place saftv switches of an approved sort at
every siding, and switch lights shall be main
road where trains are run after dark.
| LEGAL AFFAIRS.
Voted ought to pase to incorporate the Up-
ion Gas Co same, on act to legalize the do.
| ings Of Elllottsville Plantation; same, to in
crease the amount of exemption of household
furniture from attachment or sale on execu.
ton from $50 to 500. allow mechanics in
addition to their tools $50 worth of stock,
and TO exempt an express wagon; ought to
pass, to incorporate the Waldoboro Water
Co.; legislation inexpedi mt on the order,
better returns of deaths and marriages fought
| to pass, relative to the cole cti0n or highway
taxes in uniucorporated places; ought not to
pass licenses OF inn-keepers and victualers;
ought to pass, to supply the people of Orono
with pure water; same, to incorporate the
Saco Driving Park Association; ought to
pass, authorlz ing bail to be taken where ar
rests are made Saturday night or Sunday !;
ought to pass, creating the Fryeburg Fire
! Corporation.
TUBERcULosIs.
The JOINT special committee appointed to
investigate the outbreak Of tuberculosis at
the STATE College, commenced their labors
yesterday afternoon il representatives, Hall
DR.. Winchester of Lawrence, Mass, veter-
mary surgeon under the Cattle Commission
of Massachusetts, testified, giving descrip-
ton of the diseases in cattle known an
pleuro pneumonia and tuberculosis. His ex-
perence with the latter disease was that it
was both hereditary, contagious and slow in
it's development. The milk of a cow may be
affected. There are instances where animals
have tuberculosis that the cOntagon has not
been transmitted to the offspring But these
cases are rare. In one herd he had been
I'll ,,sk, ,L-.o L.
sis, and he had heard Of no trouble in the
herd since. But in this case there had been
no breaking down of tissue, lberating the
virus which transmits the contaeion The
ldoctor did not think there would be any
trouble with the milk unless the udder was
diseased. The beef is good until the tissue
breaks down.
The outbreak at Orono was the most vru
lent he ever knew. lis would kill all dis
eased animals and follow their progeny sew
eral generations with DEATH He recon-
me nded that the eleven bulls sold from the
State College herd be killed as wise and
prudent measure. He would Recommend
that bull from diseased cow be
killed. If the bull was killed and
found diseased he would slaughter the pro-
geny.
MIR. Cheever of the Massachusetts Cattle
Commission, on general principles, would
weed out all infected animals.
DR.. Winchester knew of one case of
man who used milk from COW with an
udder diseased with tuberculosis, who died
from disease similar to that of the COW.
Ex.Councillor A. r. G. Smith had seen the
cattle at the State College before they were
killed and gave an account of the condition
in which he found the herd. They were af-
fected with tuberculosis, like that disease in
the human family.
Mr.. G.. w. Gowell, superintendent of
the State College farm, testified rela-
tive to the disease and death OF the
State College herd He referred to the sew
erM animals that first died, the discovery OF
the disease and its progress, to the time the
herd was slaughtered. April ~ and
%. 1886. The first COW killed on account
of the disease was Betsy, the last OF Febru-
ary. 1885. She was purchased of Samuel
Guild of Augusta.
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